thesaurus

/θɪˈsɔːɹəs/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

english, present, technical

I checked a technical thesaurus to find the correct terminology for the software documentation.

VERB + THESAURUS

books, gives, go, got, print

I went to the library and got a thesaurus to find better words for my essay.

THESAURUS + NOUN

pronunciation, words

I looked up the word in a thesaurus to find better synonyms for my essay.

noun

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

"Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.

As reference books go, the thesaurus has had a somewhat checkered history, in fact, and has probably occasioned as much bad writing as good.

A dictionary or encyclopedia.

A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

"Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.

Wiktionary

As reference books go, the thesaurus has had a somewhat checkered history, in fact, and has probably occasioned as much bad writing as good.

Wiktionary

Keep in mind that every field of knowledge has its own technical dictionary and thesaurus.

Tatoeba · #6142535

Where's the thesaurus?

Tatoeba · #6713190

What kind of dinosaur is a thesaurus?

Tatoeba · #6767515

I got a thesaurus as a present and I feel very happy, glad, cheerful, jovial, jubilant and merry.

Tatoeba · #10085285

i Register

In some senses, thesaurus is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

not saved

0 chars